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Systematic solution for optimally energy-efficient turning radius for wheeled skid-steer rovers
A skid-steer rover’s power consumption is highly dependent on the turning radius of its path, with a point turn consuming much more …
Meysam Effati, Krzysztof Skonieczny
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Considering slip-track for energy-efficient paths of skid-steer rovers
Skid-steer rovers consume a lot more power in point turns compared to straight line motion. As energy is the integral of power over …
Meysam Effati, Jean-Sebastien Fiset, Krzysztof Skonieczny
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Lightweight robotic excavation
Planetary excavators face unique and extreme engineering constraints relative to terrestrial counterparts. In space missions mass is …
Krzysztof Skonieczny
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Design and field experimentation of a prototype lunar prospector
Scarab is a prototype rover for Lunar missions to survey resources in polar craters. It is designed as a prospector that would use a …
David Wettergreen, Scott Moreland, Krzysztof Skonieczny, Dominic Jonak, David Kohanbash, James Teza
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Modeling friction for a snake-like robot
An elliptical model for anisotropic friction, taken from solid mechanics, is incorporated into the field of simulating and modeling …
Krzysztof Skonieczny, Gabriele MT D'Eleuterio
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